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Halifax, Yorkshire [1320]

Halifax, Nova Scotia [132]

Halifax [122]

Halifax, Yorkshire, England [111]

Halifax England [86]

Halifax NS [38]

Elland, Halifax, Yorkshire [18]

Halifax Queensland [17]

Halifax, West Yorkshire [17]

Lightcliffe, Halifax, West Yorkshire [10]

Brighouse, Halifax, Yorkshire [9]

Hipperholme, Halifax, West Yorkshire [8]

Sowerby Bridge, Halifax, Yorkshire [8]

Halifax Yorkshire [7]

Halifax, Canada [5]

Halifax,Yorkshire [5]

Northowram, Halifax, Yorkshire [5]

Ripponden, Halifax, Yorkshire [5]

Stainland, Halifax, Yorkshire [5]

Halifax, Yorks [4]

Halifax, Yorkshire. England [4]

Hebden Bridge, Halifax, Yorkshire [4]

Hipperholme, Halifax, Yorkshire [4]

Queensbury, Halifax, Yorkshire [4]

Copley, Halifax [3]

Greetland, Halifax, Yorkshire [3]

Halifax Nova Scotia [3]

Halifax Yorks [3]

Pellon, Halifax, Yorkshire [3]

Shelf, Halifax, Yorkshire [3]

Sowerby, Halifax, Yorkshire [3]

Warley, Halifax [3]

Halifax Co NS [2]

Halifax, Elland, Yorkshire [2]

Holmfield, Halifax, Yorkshire [2]

Lee Mount, Halifax, Yorkshire [2]

Lightcliffe, Halifax, Yorkshire [2]

Luddenden Foot, Halifax, Yorkshire [2]

Southowram, Halifax, Yorkshire [2]

West Vale, Halifax, Yorkshire [2]

Wheatley, Halifax, Yorkshire [2]

Africville, Halifax NS [1]

Ambletown West Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Attercliffe, Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Barkisland, Halifax, West Yorkshire [1]

Bastrick Halifax [1]

Booth Town, Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Boothtown, Halifax [1]

Boothtown, Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Boutilier's Cove, Halifax, Nova Scotia [1]

Rank

Private [218]

Captain [30]

Lieutenant [28]

Second Lieutenant [26]

Civilian [25]

Nursing Sister [25]

Lance Corporal [21]

Ordinary Seaman [21]

Corporal [20]

Serjeant [18]

Stoker 1st Class [15]

Able Seaman [14]

Gunner [9]

Major [9]

Deck Hand [8]

Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Rifleman [7]

Sapper [7]

Sergeant [7]

Driver [6]

Brigadier General [5]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [4]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Bombardier [2]

Boy [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Company Sergeant Major [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Ordinary Telegraphist [2]

Private 2nd Class [2]

Telegraphist [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

AB [1]

AC2 Electrician [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Group Captain [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Commodore [1]

Air Marshal [1]

Air Mechanic (1st Class) [1]

Air Mechanic (2nd Class) [1]

Unit

West Riding Regiment [66]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [33]

Royal Field Artillery [23]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [17]

Canadian Infantry [15]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [13]

Royal Engineers [13]

West Yorkshire Regiment [13]

Royal Army Medical Corps [10]

Royal Naval Reserve [10]

Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Manchester Regiment [9]

Durham Light Infantry [8]

Northumberland Fusiliers [8]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [8]

Army Service Corps [7]

East Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Labour Corps [7]

Royal Air Force [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Canadian Army Medical Corps only in Canada [6]

Halifax Explosion Victim [6]

Halifax Explosion victim [6]

London Regiment [6]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [6]

Cheshire Regiment [5]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5]

York and Lancaster Regiment [5]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment [4]

HMS Good Hope [4]

HMS LION [4]

HMS Vivid I [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Border Regiment [3]

HMS BELLEROPHON [3]

HMS Monmouth [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Canadian Engineers [2]

Canadian Field Artillery [2]

Service

Royal Navy [901]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [515]

British Army [290]

Australian Imperial Force [128]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [107]

Other Empire Force [29]

Canadian Navy [2]

Last name first letter

B [263]

S [231]

H [230]

C [181]

W [170]

M [160]

G [97]

T [88]

L [83]

F [81]

A [80]

D [76]

R [75]

P [72]

K [42]

N [37]

J [32]

E [29]

O [18]

V [10]

Y [10]

U [5]

I [4]

Q [4]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1917]

Merchant Navy [112]

Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [149]

Canada [22]

India [4]

Ireland [2]

Australia [1]

France [1]

Jamaica [1]

Malaysia [1]

Malta [1]

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Place of birth

Halifax, Yorkshire [1320] Halifax, Nova Scotia [132] Halifax [122] Halifax, Yorkshire, England [111] Halifax England [86] Halifax NS [38] Elland, Halifax, Yorkshire [18] Halifax Queensland [17] Halifax, West Yorkshire [17] Lightcliffe, Halifax, West Yorkshire [10] Brighouse, Halifax, Yorkshire [9] Hipperholme, Halifax, West Yorkshire [8] Sowerby Bridge, Halifax, Yorkshire [8] Halifax Yorkshire [7] Halifax, Canada [5] Halifax,Yorkshire [5] Northowram, Halifax, Yorkshire [5] Ripponden, Halifax, Yorkshire [5] Stainland, Halifax, Yorkshire [5] Halifax, Yorks [4] Halifax, Yorkshire. England [4] Hebden Bridge, Halifax, Yorkshire [4] Hipperholme, Halifax, Yorkshire [4] Queensbury, Halifax, Yorkshire [4] Copley, Halifax [3] Greetland, Halifax, Yorkshire [3] Halifax Nova Scotia [3] Halifax Yorks [3] Pellon, Halifax, Yorkshire [3] Shelf, Halifax, Yorkshire [3] Sowerby, Halifax, Yorkshire [3] Warley, Halifax [3] Halifax Co NS [2] Halifax, Elland, Yorkshire [2] Holmfield, Halifax, Yorkshire [2] Lee Mount, Halifax, Yorkshire [2] Lightcliffe, Halifax, Yorkshire [2] Luddenden Foot, Halifax, Yorkshire [2] Southowram, Halifax, Yorkshire [2] West Vale, Halifax, Yorkshire [2] Wheatley, Halifax, Yorkshire [2] Africville, Halifax NS [1] Ambletown West Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Attercliffe, Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Barkisland, Halifax, West Yorkshire [1] Bastrick Halifax [1] Booth Town, Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Boothtown, Halifax [1] Boothtown, Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Boutilier's Cove, Halifax, Nova Scotia [1]

Rank

Private [218] Captain [30] Lieutenant [28] Second Lieutenant [26] Civilian [25] Nursing Sister [25] Lance Corporal [21] Ordinary Seaman [21] Corporal [20] Serjeant [18] Stoker 1st Class [15] Able Seaman [14] Gunner [9] Major [9] Deck Hand [8] Lieutenant Colonel [7] Rifleman [7] Sapper [7] Sergeant [7] Driver [6] Brigadier General [5] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [4] Boy 1st Class [3] Leading Stoker [3] Stoker 2nd Class [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Bombardier [2] Boy [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Company Sergeant Major [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Leading Seaman [2] Ordinary Telegraphist [2] Private 2nd Class [2] Telegraphist [2] 2nd Corporal [1] AB [1] AC2 Electrician [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Group Captain [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Commodore [1] Air Marshal [1] Air Mechanic (1st Class) [1] Air Mechanic (2nd Class) [1]

Unit

West Riding Regiment [66] Canadian Army Medical Corps [33] Royal Field Artillery [23] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [17] Canadian Infantry [15] King's Royal Rifle Corps [13] Royal Engineers [13] West Yorkshire Regiment [13] Royal Army Medical Corps [10] Royal Naval Reserve [10] Yorkshire Regiment [10] Machine Gun Corps [9] Manchester Regiment [9] Durham Light Infantry [8] Northumberland Fusiliers [8] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [8] Army Service Corps [7] East Yorkshire Regiment [7] Labour Corps [7] Royal Air Force [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] Canadian Army Medical Corps only in Canada [6] Halifax Explosion Victim [6] Halifax Explosion victim [6] London Regiment [6] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [6] Cheshire Regiment [5] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5] York and Lancaster Regiment [5] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment [4] HMS Good Hope [4] HMS LION [4] HMS Vivid I [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Border Regiment [3] HMS BELLEROPHON [3] HMS Monmouth [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Canadian Engineers [2] Canadian Field Artillery [2]

Service

Royal Navy [901] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [515] British Army [290] Australian Imperial Force [128] Canadian Expeditionary Force [107] Other Empire Force [29] Canadian Navy [2]

Last name first letter

B [263] S [231] H [230] C [181] W [170] M [160] G [97] T [88] L [83] F [81] A [80] D [76] R [75] P [72] K [42] N [37] J [32] E [29] O [18] V [10] Y [10] U [5] I [4] Q [4] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1917] Merchant Navy [112] Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [149] Canada [22] India [4] Ireland [2] Australia [1] France [1] Jamaica [1] Malaysia [1] Malta [1]

John Wainwright Anderton

Born 1889

Died 1914

Royal Navy PO/14411 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy PO/14411 Corporal HMS Good Hope Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

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Ephraim Atkinson

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 2031 Private West Riding Regiment

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Ernest George Longley Rippin

Born 1896

British Army 2054 Private British West Indies Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army SE/23536 Corporal Army Veterinary Corps

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Claude Hills Morris

Born 1896

Died 1988

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3189244 Nova Scotia Regiment 1st Depot Battalion

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George Henry Gibson

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 39665 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 39665 Rifleman West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 1st/7th Battalion

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Frederick George Washington

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 46595 Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 5705 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 30629 Private Border Regiment

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George W Warcup

Born 1875

Died 1918

British Army 25274 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 222998 Private Labour Corps

British Army Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Sam Morton

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 2536 Lance Corporal West Riding Regiment

British Army 2536 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 2536 Lance Corporal Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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Giordano Bruno Wakefield

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 6848 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Mildred Robertson

Born 1884

Died 1959

Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps IODE Hospital for Officers, Hyde Park, London, England.

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Sam Duckitt

Born 1893

Died 1920

British Army 3380 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 24699 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 24699 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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George Parker Wilkinson

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 21/534 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 21/534 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 12th (Service) Battalion

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Eric Llewelyn Aubrey Wild

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 205184 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 235307 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Richard Berwyn Wilmshurst

Born 1897

Died 1997

British Army 6/2322 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army Captain Lincolnshire Regiment

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Frederick W. Wood

Died 1917

British Army 6628 Serjeant East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 6628 Sargeant East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 6628 Sargeant East Yorkshire Regiment 12th Battalion

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John Sutton Sill

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant East Kent Regiment

British Army Captain East Kent Regiment 2nd Bn.

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Edmund Holt

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 5193 Private London Regiment

British Army 391980 Private London Regiment

British Army 391980 Lance Corporal London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) 2nd Battalion

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George Bairstow

Born 1890

Died 1945

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Arthur Pearson

Born 1887

Died 1962

British Army 517469 Private Labour Corps

British Army G/30861 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army SR/286195 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Zima Wade

Born 1887

Died 1970

British Army 46115 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 34509 Private West Riding Regiment

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